The next day, Lu Ming took a car to the Japanese concession in advance according to the time on the invitation. He wanted to see the terrain and estimate whether An Gonggen and the others would be able to escape once they assassinated him.
A watchtower was set up at the entrance to the Japanese Concession, with two armed guards standing guard. There were also two mobile sentries that patrolled the area every ten minutes.
The main road leading to the Yamato Hotel in the concession has been cordoned off by a large number of people in black suits. They did not hold weapons, but they had bulging waists.
Lu Ming was not in a hurry to go in, but instead walked slowly around the Japanese Concession, observing the movements around him to see if there were any loopholes in the security.
At this time, several cars drove over. When he saw that the license plate belonged to the Japanese Consulate, Lu Ming stepped back and gave way.
A car stopped next to him, and a man got out of the car and said with a smile, "Lu Sang, we meet again."
"Mr. Qiantian, why are you here too?" Lu Ming was a little surprised when he saw it was Qiantian.
"I don't want to come, but I can't do it if I don't come. There are special instructions issued in the country, and I must go to the scene to greet the commander, without exception." Qian Tian said without hesitation.
"That means your country also attaches great importance to this visit." Lu Ming tried.
Kenta sighed and shook his head: "The consulate originally wanted to prevent General Honjo Shige's trip to Shanghai. His coming to Shanghai will only cause trouble and is meaningless."
Lu Ming pretended not to understand, stood on tiptoes and looked into the distance.
"Lu Sang, I didn't expect you to come to this banquet." Qian Tian was also surprised, why would Lu Ming wade into such troubled waters?
"I didn't want to come, but someone invited me, so I had no choice but to come." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Oh, I guessed it, Miss Yan must have invited you, right?" Qiantian understood, blinked with a smile, and nodded repeatedly.
"How could you guess it? It's amazing." Lu Ming didn't understand the reason.
"Haha, don't forget what we do. We are engaged in intelligence. This little bit of information is trivial." Qian Tian burst into laughter.
The two people walked in side by side. The guards stood upright as if they hadn't seen them. They didn't check them at all. They didn't even need to show their invitations. Lu Ming took the initiative to take out the invitations and gave them to the two guards: "Don't you take a look at my invitations?"
The two guards did not answer, but bowed to him, as if to invite him in.
"Lu Sang, I'm curious. When you come to this kind of gathering, aren't you afraid that your compatriots will say you are pro-Japanese?" Qian Tian asked seriously.
Obviously, he really didn't expect Lu Ming to come to this welcome banquet. He was right, a Chinese would not come to such a banquet if he still had some status.
At this time, if you support the Japanese, especially a Japanese general, you will be so full that you will have nothing to do.
Maybe I didn't eat the mutton, which made me feel embarrassed.
"Kenta-kun, this is wrong. There are many people coming to the banquet, and they may not all be pro-Japanese. Besides, being pro-Japanese is not necessarily a serious crime. Wouldn't promoting Sino-Japanese friendship be beneficial to China?" Lu Ming said with a smile.
"You can't tell, Lu Sang, you still have some great principles, but you don't dare to say this on the streets of Shanghai, right?" Qiantian curled his lips and said.
Lu Ming smiled and pointed at Qiantian, which means you are too bad. Qiantian nodded like a god.
Kenda is right, exactly.
Lu Ming really didn't dare to say such words on the street. Although promoting Sino-Japanese friendship is indeed a big thing, the current situation is not a question of whether to think about good neighborliness, but a question of when the Japanese will reveal their tiger and wolf nature.
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To talk about Sino-Japanese friendship at this time, either you are a three-year-old child, or you are lying to a three-year-old child.
Today, the Japanese Concession is full of various banners. Some of them say welcome to His Excellency Honjo Shigeru, and some of them say Japan-China Friendship, East Asia Co-Prosperity, etc. It is estimated that these banners were made by the Yan family.
"Lu Sang, don't blame me for being unreasonable. What is your current relationship with Miss Yan?" Qiantian asked carefully.
"A family friend, I guess. My father and her father came to Shanghai together, and the two families have always had business contacts." Lu Ming explained.
"No wonder it is so. Our Japanese family also cherishes this kind of friendship from generation to generation." Kenta seemed to understand something.
Lu Ming didn't know what he understood, but he couldn't explain that he and Yan Xiaohui were currently in a relatively ambiguous state.
It was a fact that the two families were family friends. As for whether the elders had grudges or grudges, neither he nor Yan Xiaohui cared about it. They did not have to pay for their elders' grudges.
"By the way, Mr. Kenta, are there any people in your country who speak English particularly well? I mean you are currently in Shanghai." Lu Ming asked.
"If you speak English very well, you must be someone who studied in the United States or the United Kingdom. The local Japanese will all have an accent." Kenta's Chinese has an accent, and he learned Chinese in Japan.
"Well, that's someone who studied in the UK and speaks with a London accent. Is there such a person?" Lu Ming said.
"Why are you asking these questions?" Qian Tian was puzzled by Lu Ming's question. When looking for someone, they usually talk about their appearance and body shape. How can they find someone by their accent?
"I want to find a person from your country, but I have only heard his voice and never met him. I only know that his English is a standard London accent." Lu Ming said.
"Oh, it should not be difficult to find such a person, if he is in Shanghai. But there is no such person in my memory." Qian Tian thought for a moment and said.
"Could it be someone from the military? You have no chance to contact him, how likely is it?" Lu Ming was already a bit stubborn. He asked anyway, so let's ask to the end.
"This is possible, but most of our country's students studying in the UK are in the navy department, and most of the army students study in Germany."
Lu Ming nodded. He knew that Japan's navy learned from Britain, and its army completely learned from Germany.
"This friend is not interesting enough. He only calls me and refuses to show up. He is a man. I don't know if I will pursue him. I don't know what he is afraid of." Lu Ming deliberately joked.
"I understand what Lu Sang means, and I won't ask you why you are looking for this person. But if it is a special department, it is difficult to tell. Let me look for it for you." Qian Tian said.
Qiantian knew that the person Lu Ming was looking for would not be an ordinary person. This person was very important to Lu Ming, and it was probably related to his coming to attend the welcome banquet today.
Otherwise, there would be no reason for Lu Ming to appear here today.
"By the way, you asked me to help you find out about Inspector Zhang a few days ago. I checked through various channels and found nothing." Qian Tian added.
"Oh, this matter has been resolved safely." Lu Ming said.
"Resolved safely? That's great. Lu Sang has the ability." Qian Tian gave a thumbs up.
Qiantian didn't ask how to solve the problem. According to his opinion, the person who kidnapped Zhang Ziyang should be the real kidnapper. The so-called safe solution naturally meant paying a ransom to redeem the person.
Although they are engaged in intelligence work, their goals are clear and they cannot find out everything. Areas that have nothing to do with their interests are also blind spots for them.
The two of them walked to the Yamato Hotel and suddenly saw a graceful beauty wearing a bright cheongsam waving to them, and then ran over with a happy face.